Colorado is currently one of only four states without a mandatory reporting law for elder abuse. Charles Carter, an eighty-two year old advocate for the elderly, is pushing for Colorado to pass a law that would require social workers, physicians, and others to report suspected abuse of at-risk adults. Over the last thirteen years, Carter has presented multiple mandatory-reporting bills to legislative committees, but the committees have always killed the bills. In 2005, one bill made it to Governor Bill Owen’s Desk, but the bill was vetoed.